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PLA Navy Launches Prototype Drone Carrier

PLA Navy ship DDG 113 Qingdao (the Zhu Hai Yun is not pictured). cc Flickr Simon Yang, modified, https://flickr.com/photos/132161539@N08/21275176436/in/photolist-yq1QJQ-yaSSHc-XayxUo-XGw5zs-yt5Wyp-oeV5Gf-ysn43e-yk3e3j-yboQSu-XGw4L3-fCMZZv-XGw3LY-yq2FeL-x59vag-XGw26d-oeW4tt-XGw5jN-XGw48E-XLAB9R-XayxzW-XLAz2K-ysk5xc-stezNL-sPKMr7-yk3Mjw-qm7EG1-ykkBkv-ARkubD-yq1tA7-oFJLEu-ysoFa2-stm6nn-XLAyxZ-yrpBnd-ysirp6-T9wKh7-S9t6Mx-2h7QfSz-Toksd8-JYoX5b-273hafu-25JJmt8-24wsjKB-273hbNQ-21Ls3gU-25JJvXt-5DCBA6-w5LoJy-22nnNPX-sfKGjA

China’s Zhu Hai Yun is the first drone carrier ever launched, marking a potential turning point in the evolving field of ‘drone swarm’ combat. It won’t be the last.

Warfare Evolved: Drone Swarms

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The advent of drones may have revolutionized modern warfare, but the disruptions are only getting started.

Warfare Evolved: Hypersonic Missiles

cc Flickr Naval Surface Warriors, modified, PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 18, 2018) A Tomahawk cruise missile launches from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) during a live fire exercise, part of Valiant Shield ’18 in the Pacific Ocean Sept. 18, 2018. Valiant Shield is a U.S. only, biennial field training exercise (FTX) with a focus on integration of joint training in a blue-water environment among U.S. forces. This training enable real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through detecting, locating, tracking, and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land, and in cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Collins III)

Gauging the strategic impact of a new generation of missiles that defy all known manners of conventional interception.

Warfare Evolved: Quantum Encryption

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Advances in quantum encryption could change the way that modern states conduct their intelligence-gathering.

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